Reconstruction:Proto-Kartvelian/baba

This Proto-Kartvelian entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Kartvelian

Reconstruction

Reconstructed by Klimov in 1964, however this root is no longer considered in later works.

Etymology

Nursery term.

Noun

*baba

1. father
2. grandfather

Descendants

• Proto-Georgian-Zan:
  • Georgian: ბაბუა (babua, “grandfather”)
  • Zan:
    • Laz: ბაბა (baba, “father”), ება (eba)
    • Mingrelian: ბაბა (baba, “father”)
• Svan: ბაბა (baba, “grandfather”)

References

• Klimov, G. A. (1964) Этимологический словарь картвельских языков [Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages] (in Russian), Moscow: Academy Press, page 47